This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to share it with some of my colleagues who teach in the lower grades. Rebecca On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:14 PM, sheila eisen wrote:
> I'm going to have a large picture of the ocean, with a person swimming > or snorkling on top (skimming) and then a deep sea diver. This will > show my students that there's a time and place for different types of > reading. > > Another thing I do with my students is to show them that they're doing > what "deep" readers do. I take everyone's picture the first day of > school, laminate it,and tape a magnetic square on the back. Then, on > my metal heater, I have 8x11 pieces of paper with various reading > strategies, like "put a picture in your head" "make a connection" > "look for a little word inside" and others. As a child is reading and > does one of these strategies, I have him/her move his picture to the > strategy he just used. This metacognition is very important, and now > I have other students noticing when someone uses reading strategies. > A child can only move once during the 30-minute period they're in my > room, otherwise I'd have kids moving all over the place. This little > extra movement also helps get some of the wiggles out of some > students! > > > --- On Sun, 1/20/08, Patricia Kimathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Patricia Kimathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] what good readers do >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >> <[email protected]> >> Date: Sunday, January 20, 2008, 5:19 PM >> Debra >> I love this. Did he say anything else that you can share. >> I am >> changing everything that says Good Readers to Deep Readers >> on Tuesday. >> Pat K > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
